Re: Is work on Debian community service?

2002-09-23 Thread Branden Robinson
On Sun, Sep 22, 2002 at 11:32:37PM -0400, Duncan Findlay wrote: > Turns out my school didn't accept this. They claim to want to raise > community service to a higher level, so programming, no matter what > for is not community service, by their definition. A higher level? Ah, so that's why people

Re: Is work on Debian community service?

2002-09-23 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Duncan Findlay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.09.23.0532 +0200]: > Turns out my school didn't accept this. They claim to want to raise > community service to a higher level, so programming, no matter what > for is not community service, by their definition. Well, in some ways they're right,

Re: Is work on Debian community service?

2002-09-22 Thread Duncan Findlay
On Thu, Sep 12, 2002 at 10:33:42AM +0200, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Duncan Findlay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.09.12.0624 +0200]: > > Do you think work for the Debian project should be considered > > Community Service? How about work only indirectly for Debian (i.e. > > work on upstream pr

Re: Is work on Debian community service?

2002-09-13 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Duncan Findlay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.09.13.0157 +0200]: > That's an interesting idea, but I don't think I'd want to do that. I'm > a bit of a "closet developer" -- my parents don't even know what > Debian is! so? if you are fit with debian to install it, and you get around with it

Re: Is work on Debian community service?

2002-09-12 Thread Duncan Findlay
On Thu, Sep 12, 2002 at 10:33:42AM +0200, martin f krafft wrote: > I think that high schools generally define community service to be > something you don't like to do. Anyway, I stand behind you, would be > happy to call it community service, and I can also vouch for hours you > put in if you show

Re: Is work on Debian community service?

2002-09-12 Thread Duncan Findlay
On Thu, Sep 12, 2002 at 12:35:36PM -0700, Chris Waters wrote: > On Thu, Sep 12, 2002 at 12:24:01AM -0400, Duncan Findlay wrote: > > Do you think work for the Debian project should be considered > > Community Service? > > I don't think there's a universal definition of "community service". > Since

Re: Is work on Debian community service?

2002-09-12 Thread Chris Waters
On Thu, Sep 12, 2002 at 12:24:01AM -0400, Duncan Findlay wrote: > I'm in my last year of high school, and at my school it is required > to complete 50 hours of Community Service in one's final 3 years. > Do you think work for the Debian project should be considered > Community Service? I don't t

Re: Is work on Debian community service?

2002-09-12 Thread Robert Ribnitz
On Thu, Sep 12, 2002 at 12:24:01AM -0400, Duncan Findlay wrote: > Hi everybody, > > I'm in my last year of high school, and at my school it is required > to complete 50 hours of Community Service in one's final 3 years. > > Do you think work for the Debian project should be considered > Community

Re: Is work on Debian community service?

2002-09-12 Thread Mako Hill
On Thu, Sep 12, 2002 at 12:24:01AM -0400, Duncan Findlay wrote: > Do you think work for the Debian project should be considered > Community Service? How about work only indirectly for Debian (i.e. > work on upstream projects)? How about work on other free software > projects? It's serving a commun

Re: Is work on Debian community service?

2002-09-12 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Duncan Findlay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.09.12.0624 +0200]: > Do you think work for the Debian project should be considered > Community Service? How about work only indirectly for Debian (i.e. > work on upstream projects)? How about work on other free software > projects? I think that

Is work on Debian community service?

2002-09-11 Thread Duncan Findlay
Hi everybody, I'm in my last year of high school, and at my school it is required to complete 50 hours of Community Service in one's final 3 years. Do you think work for the Debian project should be considered Community Service? How about work only indirectly for Debian (i.e. work on upstream pro